The surviving virgin queen will fly out on a sunny, warm day to a "drone congregation area" where she will mate with 12-15 drones. If the weather holds, she may return to the drone congregation area for several days until she is fully mated. Mating occurs in flight. The young queen stores up to 6 million sperm from multiple drones in her spermatheca. She will selectively release sperm for the remaining 2–7 years of her life.[3]
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There is one type of chimpanzee or ape or something that will mate with every single male in the tribe and then just let the sperm inside her battle it out to see which one impregnates her. Must be pretty confusing on father's day.